Free Crochet Pattern Bear with Lemon

Free Crochet Pattern: Bear with Lemon by @rin.meow21

Translation: Workshop “Vyazal’shica”

This pattern will guide you through crocheting a plush bear with a lemon on its head and chubby cheeks. You can use any plush yarn and a suitable crochet hook for this amigurumi project. The bear’s sweater is crocheted as part of its body and is not removable. The lemon is sewn onto the head, while the cheeks are crocheted, and the nose and eyes are made of plastic.

Materials and Tools

• Plush yarn (Himalaya Dolphin Baby)
• Crochet hook (4-4.5 mm)
• Safety eyes
• Safety nose
• Stuffing
• Stitch markers
• Pins
• Sewing needle
• Scissors

Abbreviations

• MR: Magic ring
• ch: Chain
• sl st: Slip stitch
• sc: Single crochet
• dc: Double crochet
• hdc: Half double crochet
• inc: Increase
• dec: Decrease
• FLO: Front loop only
• BLO: Back loop only
• (…)*n: Repeat instructions in parentheses n times

Pattern Instructions: Plush Bear with Lemon

Head

Color: Yellow/Brown

1. 8 sc in MR (8)
2. 8 inc (16)
3. (sc, inc)*8 (24)
4. (3 sc, inc)*6 (30)
5. (4 sc, inc)*6 (36)
6. (5 sc, inc)*6 (42)
7. 42 sc for 6 rounds (42)
8. (5 sc, dec)*6 (36)
9. (4 sc, dec)*6 (30)
10. (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
11. (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)

Fasten off and cut the yarn. Insert 12 mm safety eyes between rounds 10-11, spaced 6 stitches apart. Stuff the head firmly.

Nose

Color: Yellow/Brown

1. 8 sc in MR (8)
2. 8 inc (16)
3. 16 sc (16)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Attach the nose between rounds 10-14 of the head, or embroider it using black yarn.

Ears

Color: Yellow/Brown

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc (12)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Attach between rounds 6-9 of the head.

Body

Color: Yellow/Brown

1. 8 sc in MR (8)
2. 8 inc (16)
3. (sc, inc)*8 (24)
4. (2 sc, inc)*8 (32)
5. 32 sc for 4 rounds (32)
6. Change to Red/Yellow, 32 sc (32)
7. BLO: 32 sc (32)
8. (14 sc, dec)*2 (30)
9. (3 sc, dec)*6 (24)
10. (2 sc, dec)*6 (18)

Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing. Stuff the body firmly. In FLO of round 10, work (sc, inc)*16 to create the shirt edge.

Legs

Color: Yellow/Brown

1. 7 sc in MR (7)
2. 7 inc (14)
3. 14 sc for 2 rounds (14)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Attach between rounds 4-7, spaced 4 stitches apart.

Arms

Color: Yellow/Brown

1. 4 sc in MR (4)
2. 4 inc (8)
3. 8 sc (8)
4. Change to Red/Yellow, 8 sc for 4 rounds (8)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Attach to round 12 of the body.

Tail

Color: Yellow/Brown

1. 6 sc in MR (6)
2. 6 inc (12)
3. 12 sc (12)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Attach between rounds 3-5.

Cheeks

Color: Pink

1. 8 sc in MR (8)
2. 8 inc (16)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Attach between rounds 11-14 of the head.

Lemon

Color: Yellow

1. 4 sc in MR (4)
2. 4 sc (4)
3. 4 inc (8)
4. 8 inc (16)
5. 16 sc for 2 rounds (16)
6. 8 dec (8)
7. 4 dec (4)
8. 4 sc (4)

Fasten off, hide the yarn tail inside the lemon.

Lemon Leaf

Color: Green

1. Chain 4, starting in the 2nd chain from the hook: sc, hdc, dc, sc.

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing. Attach to the top of the lemon.

Congratulations! Your Plush Bear with Lemon is Ready!

Please credit the original author on social media: @rin.meow21.